Fresh sex abuse charges against U.N. forces in Central Africa
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic said on Tuesday it was investigating new allegations of sexual abuse of minors by peacekeepers in the conflict-torn African nation.
Benin politicians attack president’s favored successor
COTONOU (Reuters) – The candidate favored by Benin’s president to succeed him in next month’s election would make a disastrous leader of the West African nation, a group of dissidents from the ruling party and opposition politicians said on Tuesday.
Yemen war intensifies amid mounting regional tension
ADEN (Reuters) – Air strikes led by Saudi Arabia targeting Iran-allied Houthi forces intensified in Yemen on Tuesday, residents said, ending weeks of a relative lull in the war after a major diplomatic row erupted between the kingdom and arch foe Tehra…
Saudis signal backing for Syria talks despite row with Iran
GENEVA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia signaled on Tuesday that the breach in its relations with Iran would not affect talks on Syria, another round of which is scheduled in Geneva this month.
Iran unveils second underground missile, likely to irk U.S.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran unveiled a new underground missile depot on Tuesday with state television showing Emad precision-guided missiles in store which the United States says can take a nuclear warhead and violate a 2010 U.N. Security Council resolution…
Iran unveils second underground missile, likely to irk U.S.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran unveiled a new underground missile depot on Tuesday with state television showing Emad precision-guided missiles in store which the United States says can take a nuclear warhead and violate a 2010 U.N. Security Council resolution…
Medical charity MSF ends Mediterranean rescues, appeals to EU
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has ended its sea rescue operation aimed at reducing the number of migrants and asylum seekers killed while trying to cross the Mediterranean from north Africa to …
Germans shaken by New Year attacks on women in Cologne
BERLIN (Reuters) – About 90 women have reported being robbed, threatened or sexually molested at New Year celebrations outside Cologne’s cathedral by young, mostly drunk, men, police said on Tuesday, in events they have described as ‘a new dimension in…
UK PM Cameron says will let ministers campaign for EU exit
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday bowed to pressure to allow government ministers to campaign to leave the European Union in an upcoming referendum, heading off the prospect of multiple resignations from his top team.
Bomb blast hits Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A magnetic bomb attached to a car exploded in Kabul on Tuesday, in the latest of a series of attacks in the Afghan capital, police officials said.
